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TransCanada Corp. is actively promoting plans for the “Energy East” pipeline that would carry 1.1 million barrels of crude per day, including crude from the tar sands. TransCanada would convert its 40 year-old natural gas pipeline from Saskatchewan to Ontario, connecting it with new pipeline through Quebec and on to Saint John, New Brunswick. The 4,400 kilometre pipeline is expected to lead to massive tanker exports from the Atlantic coast to send crude to the much larger and more profitable markets of Europe, India, China and the U.S. Infographic: How much oil is that?

Reckless tar sands expansion. Energy East is the biggest pipeline proposal in Canada to date, and is part of a much larger pipeline push by Big Oil. It is a critical part of industry plans for a threefold expansion of the tar sands.

Fracking our future. In addition to transporting fracked Bakken shale oil – the substance that exploded in the Lac Megantic tragedy – Energy East would make Ontario and Quebec more reliant on fracked gas imports.

Disrespecting Indigenous rights. The pipeline would cross through the land of more than 50 First Nations that have the right to Free Prior Informed Consent, including the right to say “no.”

Communities also have the right to say “no.” Communities in B.C. and the U.S. are rejecting export tar sands pipelines, why should Eastern Canadians bear these risks?

Ontario and Quebec may face energy shortages. Energy East could lead to dramatic reductions in access to western gas for Ontario and Quebec, which could increase costs and cause shortages.

Export pipelines make big bucks for Big Oil. Energy East is primarily about getting western crude to eastern coastal waters. Why? Faced with fierce opposition to tar sands pipelines in B.C. and the U.S., Big Oil needs to find a different way to get its crude to international markets. If the pipelines can’t go west, Big Oil will send them east to ship to international markets in order to maximize profits.

Recent highlights

I remember the day that Energy East officially died, October 5th, 2017. The decision was a long time coming. Were it not the failings of the National Energy Board and the threat of the federal government...

Three years ago Cherri Foytlin, a resident of south Louisiana and author of Spill It! The Truth About the Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Explosion, joined Maude Barlow and Council staff in a series of meetings and public talks warning of the dangers of TransCanada’s, now dead, Energy East pipeline project.

Content / trigger warning. Darrel Posterski, Michael Joyce, Dallas Gagnon, John Roberts, Josh Casey: These are names on the Facebook profiles that sent me misogynistic and violent messages over a span of a few days.

“Today is a great day for the climate and the hundreds of thousands of Canadians who stood up to Energy East and its risks to our land, water and communities,” said Andrea Harden-Donahue, Energy and Climate Justice Campaigner, Council of Canadians.